BackpackingSimon ✓

YouTube @backpackingsimon Hobby 📍 Germany

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Subscribers

261K

Total Views

29.79M

Videos

692

Channel age

11 yrs

Est. monthly earnings

$38 – $74

📊 Content format · share of recent views

▶️ 97%

⚡ Shorts 3% · ▶️ Long-form 97% — brands place & price integrations differently across the two.

How we estimate

~16.1K recent monthly views × an estimated ad RPM of $2.45–$4.73 per 1,000 views — adjusted for Hobby content and a DE audience. About 3% of recent views are Shorts, valued separately at the much lower Shorts ad rate. Yearly ≈ $456 – $888. Excludes sponsorships, memberships & merch. Full methodology →

Known for

59.7K views Exposing the Jamaican Police Force: My Crazy Travel Mishap

46.2K views Monster Hunter: Spearfishing for a Giant Barracuda in Jamaica

44.6K views Moving into Our House!

36K views The Big Move! Starting a New Chapter in a New Country with?

▶️ Featured Video

59.7K views

📈 Performance

Typical video

8.1K–16.8K views

Median 12K — the reliable floor a brand can expect, not just the headline average.

Upload rhythm

0.3× / week

Most active on Sundays — consistent output keeps an engaged, sponsor-ready audience.

15.3K

Avg views / video

883

Avg likes

Avg comments

6.43%

Engagement rate

0.3

Uploads / week

43K

Lifetime avg / video

114

Views / subscriber

Shorts (recent views)

Engagement rate = (likes + comments) ÷ views across recent videos.

💡 Did you know?

🗓️Joined YouTube in 2015 — 11 years ago.

🏆Ranked #3,344 among all influencers on SocialDB.

🎯Top Hobby influencer — #109 in the niche.

👁️Averages 15.3K views per video.

📤Posts about 0.3× per week.

💬6.43% engagement rate.

📱3% of recent uploads are Shorts.

🏅Earned the Silver Play Button for passing 100K subscribers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

78/100 Good

Est. 86% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
6.43% engagement — above the ~3.5% typical for this size.

Est. authentic audience

86%

Fake-follower risk

Low

Heuristic estimate from view-through, engagement vs size and recent growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

👥 Audience demographics

Estimated

Modeled from this creator's niche, platform & region — a planning estimate, not connected analytics.

Gender split

Male 47% Female 53%

Age · peak 25-34

13-1710%

18-2429%

25-3433%

35-4418%

45+10%

Top geographies

Germany54%
Austria10%
Switzerland7%
United States6%
United Kingdom3%

Likely interests

EntertainmentLifestyleTrending

💚 Brand affinity

Estimated

Brands BackpackingSimon's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.

Amazon Affiliate

Keeps

Patreon

Epidemic Sound

Shopify

Skillshare

Squarespace

BetterHelp

Surfshark

Thermalright

About

Hey guys my name is Simon,

here I upload a couple of videos a week =) !
My world trip started back in May 2015 so I am traveling for quite a while already.
Feel free to contact me for business inquiries via email -